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Sauk Prairie School District partners with business community (The Sauk Prairie Eagle)
“The Sauk Prairie Economic Empowerment Project was created about six years ago with the mission to help prepare youth for college, the job market and social interactions they are likely to encounter in the future. The two-day program is held in conjunction with Sauk Prairie High School economics teacher Joel Chrisler’s [Editor: Joel is an NGPF Fellow] unit on careers. The idea came after a...

Cedar High students celebrate financial literacy course (Iron County Today)
“Cedar High School students in LeAnn Leavitt’s (who is an NGPF user--can we note this somewhere?) financial literacy class marked the occasion on Tuesday, Nov. 20, with birthday cake and an extra serving of financial wisdom delivered by Zions Bank employee Megan Hutchinson.
“As a nation, we often talk about the state of Americans’ finances in terms of negative news and the many ways people are...

Here's what's been happening with financial education recently at schools across America:
Students at Grand Junction High School (CO) shared their financial savvy with parents, teachers and other students at a FinLit Night (NBC11 News).
Sioux City (IA) Career Academy Personal Finance teacher, Cody Jaminet, describes the "aha moments" that students experience in his class, ""I see it every time I teach this class," he explained. "Kids may feel a bit overwhelmed at first. Then, the...

Dubuque Community Schools (IA) speeding up implementation of the Iowa state personal finance requirement (KCRG):
Senior High School business teacher Jim Evans said that's a lot to pack into one semester, but that it's needed. "This class is needed by everybody," he said.
He's currently teaching a financial literacy course. It's not required, but offered for students to take voluntarily. On Wednesday, his class was working on credit and interest rates. He said they cover many other...

During my visit to City As School in NYC last week, I discovered that an incredible group of teachers had come together to form the school’s very own “Payback Committee!” It was such a great idea - I knew I had to share it!
With just 3 weeks left until the Payback Challenge submission deadline on November 14, 2018, 8 high school teachers at City As School sought to encourage more students to participate in our scholarship contest by sweetening the deal!
They used school...

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Who You Are: You understand the importance and value of personal finance education. You acknowledge that students must learn to manage money, create budgets, and build good credit habits to become financially secure adults in the 'real world'. You are committed to improving financial education in your...

Credit union issues school debit cards (Albany Democrat-Herald)
“Central Willamette Credit Union… has issued special debit cards for West Albany, South Albany and Lebanon high schools, each bearing their name and logo. Anytime someone swipes the debit card, the credit union makes a 3-cent donation back to the specific school…. The company has long awarded mini-grants to teachers for classroom projects. Central Willamette employees also spend hundreds of hours...

Columbus School District (WI) Board member, Mary Arnold, had this to say about the local high school's personal finance course: “My daughter graduated last spring and she said the financial literacy course was very valuable,” said Board Member Mary Arnold. “It was one of the most helpful classes she took. I hope all the kids have access to that.” (Wisconsin News)
NGPF Fellow, Brenda Martin Lee, recognized for her participation in the NGPF Summer Institute. Here is...

NGPF Fellow Kelly-Anne Rush of Windham High School (Maine) created a new course, Life 101, to "teach “adulting skills” such as basic etiquette, how to change a tire, the do’s and don’ts of interviewing for a job, how to put together a resume, and more." From Kelly-Anne: "Basically, if you were to ask any adult on the street what they wished they had learned in school but they didn’t learn, that’s what we’re going to teach them,” she said.
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Contest Current, Featured Teachers, Professional Development, Schools In News

NGPF is excited to announce the following NGPF Scholarship recipients who will attend the Jump$tart National Educator Conference in Cleveland, OH on November 3-5, 2018. Many will also be attending an NGPF FinCamp to be held prior to the conference on November 3rd. We were impressed with the number of high-quality applicants and found it challenging to select the following recipients from over 250 applications!
Congratulations to:
Aaron Shaffner, East High School (Denver, CO)
Abigail Lugo,...

TN Treasurer visits Elizabethton to launch financial literacy program (Elizabethton Star):
Through the program, each classroom sets up their own mini-economy where the children take on different roles such as merchants, bankers, and other professions to learn about earning and spending money. Students will also learn about evaluating expenses from a needs versus wants perspective, as well as financial topics such as loans, interest, and inflation. In the classrooms where the program has...

Several teachers recently were recognized for their participation in the Nebraska Personal Finance Institute (Grand Island Independent):
Debra Stroh of Gibbon High School, Ann Purdy and Diane Rouzee of Grand Island Northwest High School, Joyce Sadd of Hastings Senior High School and Philip Zlomke of Westridge Middle School in Grand Island participated in the Nebraska Personal Finance Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Business July 10 through 12 in Lincoln....

The 4th R: Real Life is a student essay (NY Times) highlighting the reasons that personal finance should be a high school graduation requirement. Here's an excerpt: "When students graduate high school, they are thrust into adulthood, whether they join the work force or pursue higher education. They assume immense financial responsibilities almost immediately. How can the government expect 19-year-olds to complete tax forms if they’ve never learned about them in school? Young adults who...

I stumbled across an amazing example of advocacy for financial education coming out of Roaring Fork High School in Colorado. Two high school students there, Stefan Platzer and Xio Alvarez, are working hard on a project to make the case for money management courses in their high school. As described in the article, their project is a great model on how to advocate for financial education.
Student voice drove the process as their survey results led them to the obvious conclusion that...

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